Delivered to the Moon by the Vikram lander of the Chandrayan-3 mission, the Indian lunar rover Pragyan made its first trip to the surface of the Earth satellite. This is reported by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on its page on the X network (Twitter).
According to information provided by ISRO, the lunar rover got out of the lander and turned on the solar panels. He then toured the lunar surface.
It is stated that the preparation of “Pragyan” to land on the surface took a long time. During the descent of the Vikram module, it was necessary to wait for the rising moon dust to completely dissipate. Since the gravitational force on the Moon is much less than on Earth, lunar dust settles for quite some time.
The research area of the Indian lunar rover has a radius of 500 meters.
Previously reportedThe Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan 3 mission transmitted the first photo after landing on the Moon. The photo was taken with a landing camera pointing downwards and not intended for panoramas. The image shows the lunar soil and the shadow of the device’s landing support. It landed on a relatively flat and flat area, as the probe’s operators indicated.
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